With 70 million users on Pinterest today, the platform is continuing to grow rapidly since its successful launch in 2010. Like any other social network, Pinterest comes with its own set of etiquette rules and respectful norms. It’s a great place for sharing inspiring collections, but we’ve all seen our fair share of pins that really don’t add much value, like:

You might not know that Pinterest has a Secret Board function; when you create a board, you have the option to keep it private. Pinterest’s Secret Boards feature allows you to create collections visible to your own eyes only (for more instructions on how to create a Secret Board, click here). The pins you add to these boards won’t show up in search results, categories, or your followers’ feeds. Here are some ways you can use Secret Boards wisely and spare your followers from an overload of pins.

Keep Your Problems Private

There are millions of public pins and quotes out there about losing weight, getting over your ex, or cheering up. It can be really helpful to read through these and pin them for later. But there’s a difference between the unique, thought-provoking quotes that beg to be shared publicly, and all the other quotes that may only have real significance to you. Secret Boards are a great place to keep your own pick-me-ups to yourself!

Collect Gift Ideas

Keep track of any gifts that catch your eye without giving your unique ideas away. Here’s a great place to plan for Mother’s Day and upcoming birthdays – and you’ll always have a place to return for more inspiration! Same goes for party planning. Once you find the perfect wedding favor on Pinterest, you can keep it to yourself until the big day.

Indulge In Your Guilty Pleasures

You might really love Ryan Gosling. Or the Spice Girls. But if you’re pinning photos of the same person every day, your followers will definitely get annoyed. Secret boards are a great place to fawn over your own guilty pleasures, without forcing your followers to be constantly reminded of them too.

Create a Personal Scrapbook

Secret boards allow you to organize photos of your kids, date nights, anniversaries, and other personal photos that you don’t want to publicly share. It’s a private photo album of your cherished memories – they don’t need to be seen by the entire world.

Do you use the secret boards feature? What do you like to pin publicly, vs. privately? Tell us below!

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